Nut



Cd. 31, 1933. p w [METER 1,933,007

NUT

Original Filed July 22, 1930 gnwntoc Paul (lei e1} Patented Oct. 31, 1933 g UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs NUT Paul w. Dieter, New York, N. Y.

Application July 22, 1930, Serial No. 469,782 Renewed September 15, 1933 6 Claims. (CI. 85-32) This invention relates to nuts, and has for its diameter of either a square or a hexagonal nut of primary object to provide anut possessing the decorresponding size, and, therefore, the present sizabl features of both a square and a hexagonal nut may be formed from nut strips of the same nut, which is capable of use in any capacity where width as are at present employed from which to either a square or a hexagonal nut may be used, form square and hexagonal nuts. 60

and which may be formed from a standard nut Without further description it is thought that strip at no greater cost than either a square or the features and advantages of the invention will hexagonal nut. be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and

With the foregoing and other objects in view, it will of course be understood that changes in 10 which will more fully appear as the nature of the the form, proportion and minor details of con-- 65 invention is better understood, the invention construction may be resorted to, without departing sists in a nut having the features of novelty as from the spirit of the invention and the scope of will be hereinafter more fully described, illusthe appended claims. I trated in the accompanying drawing and defined I claim;

in the appended claims. 1. An approximately square nut the long diam 70 In the drawing: eter of which is no greater than the long diameter Figure l is an end view of a nut constructed in of a hexagonal nut of corresponding size. accordance with the invention; and 2. An approximately square nut the long diam- FigureZ is a side elevation. eter of which is approximately equal to the long According to United States standards for both diameter of a hexagonal nut of corresponding 75 square and hexagonal nuts, the short diameter size. of an unfinished nut is equal to one and one-half 3. A nut of the square nut type the corners of times the diameter of the bolt plus one-eighth of which are cut away to such an extent that the an inch, and for a finished nut, one and one-half long diameter of the nut isno greater than the times the diameter of the bolt plus one-sixteenth long diameter of a hexagonal nut of correspondof an inch. For a hexagonal nut the long diaming size. eter is equal to 1.155 times the short diameter, 4. A nut of the square nut type the corners of and for a square nut the long diameter is equal which are cut away to such an extent that the to 1.414 times the short diameter. Thus, for a long diameter of the nut is approximately equal to 30 one-inch nut, for example, that is, a nut adapted the long diameter of a hexagonal nut of c0rre-- for use with a bolt one inch in diameter, the long sponding size. diameter of an unfinished hexagonal nut is ap- 5. Anut having a pair of parallel opposite sides proximately 1%" and of an unfinished square and a second pair of parallel opposite sides disnut, approximately 2 which means,of course posed atright angles to said first sides, the corner 35 that a hexagonal nut may be turned within a portions of said nut being removed to such an 90 lesser area than a square nut of equal size. extent that the greatest distance between any two According to the present invention, the nut diametrically opposite corner portions of said nut 10 approximates a square nut the corners of which is no greater than the long diameter of a hexare removed as indicated at 12 tosuch an extent agonal nut of corresponding size.

that the'long diameter of the present nut is no 6. A nut having a pair of parallel opposite sides 95 greater and preferably the same as the long and a second pair of parallel opposite sides disdiameter of a hexagonal nut of corresponding size. posed at right angles to said first sides, the corner Thus, the present nut is adapted for use in any portions of said nut being removed to such an excapacity where either a hexagonal or a square tent that the greatest distance between any two nut may be used, and the one nut therefore is diametrically opposite corner portions of said nut 100 made to answer the purposes of either a hexis approximately equal to the long diameter of a agonal or a square nut. Moreover, the short dihexagonal nut of corresponding size. ameter of the present nut is the same as the short PAUL W. DIETER.

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